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An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction

Appendix by Charles G. Wheeler. — Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press, 1917. — 478 p. Including also familiar pseudonyms, surnames bestowed on eminent men, and analogous popular appellations often referred to in literature and conversation. The original work, now freshly offered to the public, was published in 1865, and has remained since that date the authority in the department which it occupies, and the model upon which many books of like character have been constructed. It has been in constant demand, and, so far as it covers literature up to the date when it was first compiled, remains practically complete. A quarter of a century, however, adds materially to the stock of fiction, and gives opportunity for fictitious characters to become noted and familiar. The publishers therefore have deemed it proper to add an appendix to the original work, and have entrusted the preparation to the competent hand of Mr. Charles G. Wheeler, a nephew of the editor of the work, who was associated with his uncle in compiling the companion volume Familiar Allusions. In constructing the Appendix, Mr. Wheeler has kept carefully to the spirit and plan of the original work

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